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2010 Audi R8 5.2 FSI
So, what does $192,200 get you, outside of a nice house in the suburbs? In the Audi R8, it gets you a 525-hp direct injected engine, right there behind the cockpit under a clear cover for the world to admire. And LED lights provide the illumination by which they can admire it at night or in a darkened underground parking garage. And people will go out of their way to admire the car. (Joe Duarte/AUTONET)
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2010 Audi R8 5.2 FSI
Looking balanced and powerful, sleek and sexy, futuristic and expensive, the Audi R8 is everything you would expect of a supercar meant to do battle with the Ferraris and Lamborghinis of the world, including its price tag. (Joe Duarte/AUTONET)
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2010 Audi R8 5.2 FSI
Zero to 100 km/h takes a reputed 3.9 seconds. We hand-timed it in 4.22, in front of the unimpressed gazes of a herd of cows in an adjacent field. We would blame the slickness of the pavement for our laggardness, if the R8 did not come with Audi’s renowned Quattro all-wheel drive system, but it does. (Joe Duarte/AUTONET)
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2010 Audi R8 5.2 FSI
The R8 is very roomy and comfortable - but only for two people. (Joe Duarte/AUTONET)
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2010 Audi R8 5.2 FSI
The six-speed manual shifter in the Audi R8 has this positive exposed gate pattern that really makes you be totally incompetent in order to blow any shift any time. (Joe Duarte/AUTONET)
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2010 Audi R8 5.2 FSI
Only seven days in a vehicle like the R8 is barely enough time to get used to the cozy, jetfighter like confines of the cabin or figure out the best layout to fit everything we need to carry along into the front trunk space. (Joe Duarte/AUTONET)
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2010 Audi R8 5.2 FSI
Obviously, the Audi R8 is available only to a select few, but for seven days, it selects us and we are thrilled. (Joe Duarte/AUTONET)
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2010 Audi R8 5.2 FSI
We’re just getting accustomed to the sweet sound of the R8's V10 engine behind our heads, that lovely burble of the exhaust as we spin the engine to 6000 and 7000 rpm, and that firm yet pliant suspension that keeps the car on rails around corners, yet seemingly lets it hover over our city’s broken pavement. (Joe Duarte/AUTONET)
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